Pink seafans, Ross corals and white sea squirts could take up to 20 years to recover after an area of the seabed was closed to scallop dredging, according to predictions by a team of scientists at Bangor University.
Ecology
Jan 26, 2018
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Mining on the ocean floor could do irreversible damage to deep-sea ecosystems, says a new study of seabed mining proposals around the world.
Environment
Jan 22, 2018
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Scientists have found fossil evidence of deep-sea marine life burrowing up to eight metres below the seabed—four times the previously observed depth for modern deep-sea life.
Earth Sciences
Jan 10, 2018
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While many people may be interested in the sustainability and welfare of the fish they eat, or the health of the environment, fewer probably worry about the effect that trawl fishing – which accounts for 20% of landings ...
Ecology
Jan 9, 2018
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Conservation and fisheries management strategies should take into account seabed landscape in order to maintain fish conservation.
Ecology
Dec 12, 2017
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A group of UK scientists, co-ordinated by the University of Southampton, has published extensive research into how industry and environmental change are affecting our seafloors, but say more work is needed to help safeguard ...
Environment
Sep 25, 2017
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To interpret what we see today both on land and at the seabed, we need to understand how the landscape was different in the past. When we say "past," we mean on a geologic timeframe—specifically, about 10,000 to 20,000 ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 19, 2017
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Fishing fleets around the world rely on nets towed along the bottom to capture fish. Roughly one-fifth of the fish eaten globally are caught by this method, known as bottom trawling, which has been criticized for its effects ...
Ecology
Jul 18, 2017
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The University of Gothenburg soon will have its first autonomous underwater vehicle for research use. This will make it possible to conduct detailed studies of the seabed at great depths and track the climate thousands of ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 21, 2017
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Links between seabed type and quality are closely related to the abundance and size of young commercially fished species such as cod, haddock and whiting.
Ecology
Mar 27, 2017
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